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Former lawmaker in central China jailed 20 years for gang-related crimes

A former lawmaker in central Hunan Province was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for gang-related crimes, according to a court verdict. Li Xiangming, 38, former deputy to the Hunan Provincial People\'s Congress, was also deprived of his political rights for two years and fined 1.52 million yuan (233,846 U.S. dollars), the Yuhu District People\'s Court in Xiangtan City, Hunan, announced in the verdict. Li, also board chairman and general manager of Hunan Zhongyi Group, a real estate...

Green Algae invading China\’s tourist destination Qingdao (2)

[img]http://www.people.com.cnhttp://english.peopledaily.com.cn/mediafile/pic/20110708/28/12849002866840414900.jpg[/img] Frontier denfense policemen remove green algae on the beach in Qingdao City, east China\'s Shandong Province, July 8, 2011. Green algae continues to spread in waters off China\'s east coastline. Although the green algae is not poisonous, it can hinder fisheries industry and tourism in affected areas. (Xinhua/Ma Hongwei) 【1】 【2】 [table] ...

High temperatures make rescue efforts tougher in coal mine in east China (2)

[img]http://www.people.com.cnhttp://english.peopledaily.com.cn/mediafile/pic/20110708/59/7885668157610582691.jpg[/img] Fire trucks and ambulances wait at the fire-burned Fangbei Coal Mine in Zaozhuang of east China\'s Shandong Province, July 8, 2011. A total of 91 people were trapped after an air compression device located in a parking lot 255 meters underground caught fire Wednesday. Sixty-three miners have been rescued as of Thursday. The fire has been put out an the temperature in the...

Five electrocuted, two injured in north China

Five people died and two others were injured Tuesday morning in an electrocution accident in north China\'s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local safety authorities said. The accident happened at about 9:10 a.m. in a construction company in Urad Middle Banner of Bayannur City, sources with the Inner Mongolia Administration of Work Safety Supervision said. The injured have been sent to a local hospital for treatment. [i]Source: Xinhua[/i] [table] [tr]  [/td] [/tr] [tr] ...

Laboring conditions improving in Tibet (4)

[img]http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/mediafile/201107/06/P201107061605482450916678.jpg[/img] Yangzom (R) walks on her way to a health center for training doctors there in Nyimajangra Village of Maizhokunggar County, southwest China\'s Tibet Autonomous Region, June 24, 2011. (Xinhua/Li Ying) 【1】 【2】 【3】 【4】 [table] [tr] [img]/img/2007english/Previous.jpg[/img] [/td][/tr][/table] [table] [tr]  [/td] [/tr] [tr]  [/td] [td][table] [tr] ...

Subway escalator crush kills boy

A 13-year-old boy was killed and 30 others injured, three seriously, on Tuesday morning when a \"crowded\" ascending subway escalator suddenly reversed direction, a spokeswoman for the subway operator said. [img]http://www.people.com.cnhttp://english.peopledaily.com.cn/mediafile/pic/20110706/37/8187685940010101689.jpg[/img] Song Cuiling, who received head injuries, is treated at Peking University People\'s Hospital. (China Daily Photo) The accident occurred at 9:36 am on an OTIS...

Taiwanese battery plant in east China probed for lead poisoning

A Taiwanese-funded battery plant in east China\'s Jiangsu Province is being probed after its employees were found to have excessive levels of lead in their blood. More than 70 employees, or one-third of the total number of people employed by the Changzhou Ri Cun Battery Technology Co., Ltd., have been found to have extremely high levels of lead in their blood, according to sources close to the employees. Medical tests showed that the employees typically had lead levels between 280 and 480...

Rescue underway in S. China to reach 19 trapped miners

Rescuers are racing to dig through a sludge-flooded tunnel to reach 19 miners who are trapped in a collapsed coal mine in south China for the fourth day, sources with the rescue command center said Tuesday. By 9:00 a.m., rescuers reached half way of the 25-meter tunnel that is studded with sludge of mud and coal, said Su Fuchao, general manager of the coal mine company. The tunnel is thought to be closest to six miners who have the highest chance of survival, Su said. The six miners were...

9,000 fugitives surrender to Chinese police over past month

More than 9,000 convicts or criminal suspects on the run have turned themselves in to police since China launched an online campaign to hunt down escapees one month ago, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday. The total number of wanted criminals and suspects has dropped 9 percent thanks to the campaign, the ministry said in a statement. Police authorities across the country should continue to hunt down the fugitives through stricter investigations and closer cooperation between police...

Coma tot\’s parents taking it day by day

[img]http://www.people.com.cnhttp://english.peopledaily.com.cn/mediafile/pic/20110706/57/5128833217822896101.jpg[/img] Zhang Zhonghua consoles his wife at Zhejiang Children\'s Hospital on Tuesday. (Source: China Daily) The parents of a girl who fell from a 10th-floor apartment into the arms of a passer-by told China Daily on Tuesday they have been unable to return home since the accident. By day, Zhang Zhonghua and his wife keep a vigil outside the ward where their 2-year-old...